Ireland believe their defeat of England in this year's tournament proves they are worthy of World Cup status . Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images

Ireland's captain, William Porterfield, has reacted with fury to the International Cricket Council's confirmation that the next World Cup will be limited to the nine Test-playing nations plus Zimbabwe – a decision that freezes Ireland out of the 2015 tournament in Australia and New Zealand.

Ireland pulled off the upset of the World Cup when they overcame England in Bangalore and they also indulged in a spot of giantkilling when they defeated Pakistan in the West Indies four years earlier.

But the ICC voted at its executive board meeting in Mumbai to restrict the 2015 World Cup to the 10 full-member nations, denying Ireland the chance to qualify by virtue of their position in the ICC one-day rankings or by a qualification tournament.

They will have a chance to qualify in 2019 for the World Cup in England, which will also be restricted to 10 countries.

Ireland are 10th in the one-day standings, as they have been for much of the past four years, but cricket politics ensured that the ICC will ignore its own rankings system, with Zimbabwe, one place below Ireland, guaranteed a place in the tournament because of their senior status.

Porterfield said: "It's an absolute disgrace and I don't know how they can even comprehend doing this. We have done everything they asked of us over the last few years in terms of restructuring Irish cricket and I can't come to terms with how they can just shut us out, do away with the qualification period and then try and call this a World Cup.

"We are currently ranked 10th, ahead of Zimbabwe, and there is no reason we can't move up another position, if not two, by the next World Cup. Instead, the door has been closed in our face. It is an embarrassment.

"I don't know what else we had to do in the World Cup, we held our own against the full members, we beat England, we got the fastest ever hundred. For them to turn around and throw that back in our face a few weeks later is an absolute joke."

Warren Deutrom, Ireland's chief executive, had repeatedly warned the ICC that such a decision would be viewed as "astonishing". Ireland's defeat of England, he had argued, was proof of their right to take part in the World Cup. "I think we deserve to be there – the game would be a poorer place without us," he said.

"Clearly there are more than 10 competitive countries in 50-over cricket and we feel that our win against England demonstrates eloquently the value of having a qualification process for a World Cup."

Protests by Ireland, and other associate nations, about plans to trim back the 14-team World Cup were always likely to fail because of a general recognition that the tournament had dragged on too long with too many one-sided games.

Ireland's case was not helped by the weak performances of Kenya, the Netherlands and Canada, with the ICC's chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, observing: "To some extent, we may say that we are disappointed with the way Kenya and Canada have played. In some sense, they have gone backwards in their performance."

Although a qualification system will be introduced for the 2019 World Cup in England, probably for the last two places, the ICC has refused to consider one for the next World Cup, with no explanation.

Compensation for Ireland, and other non-Test nations, comes in the expansion of World Twenty20 to 16 teams. The ICC believes that the chances of shock results are higher, and the presence of six smaller nations need not make the tournament unwieldy.

Porterfield's mood was not enhanced. "They say it's a compensation but I can't agree with that because it is every player's dream to play at and win a World Cup," he said. "Everyone in the cricketing world can see they are shutting the door on not only a lot of players, but also on the development of world cricket.

"It's not just about Ireland. This could mean the death of cricket in a lot of countries … and all because a few full members are looking to make a few extra quid from the competitions. How they can turn around, shut out half the world and still call themselves a world governing body is an absolute joke.

"It is every full member's duty to look after world cricket. Now the whole integrity of the World Cup has been brought into question because this is not a World Cup, it's a glorified Champions Trophy."

The ICC plans to expand the 50-over game – only not quite yet. There are plans to introduce a new ODI league structure, with promotion and relegation, to bring more meaning to one-day cricket. Ireland will fear that the time lag will cause immense damage to their cricket in the meantime.

Ireland will be disappointed that England – the odd tweet from Graeme Swann apart – have not campaigned openly on their behalf. England have enticed Eoin Morgan to their cause and there may now be more Irish to come.

Ireland's registered cricketers have risen from 15,000 to nearly 25,000 over the past four years, with Cricket Ireland predicting that they could be approaching 50,000 by the time of the next World Cup in which they will now play no part.